Microsoft's Xbox 360 leads U.S. market for second straight month

Microsoft's Xbox 360 topped both the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii in U.S. unit sales in July, riding the momentum of its revamped hardware to take the crown for the second straight month, according to data to be released today by the NPD Group market research firm.

[Omega4]

WOW 443,000 for 360, thats HUGE for July.

Wii is not even close let alone PS3

Gap continues to grow...

[MariaHelFutura]

Good for the 360, although I don`t think it`ll last much longer. Maybe another 3-4 months, but in all reality who cares either way.

[sak500]

Yes sure we have been hearing it since Nov 2006. Come 2012 when next xbox will be launched you'll still be singing the same song, just wait.

[DigitalRaptor]

PS3 will outsell the 360 worldwide, in its lifetime.

Whether or not MS release their next console, makes no difference.

[Foliage]

even after the next RROD-box is released. The PS3 would still have a year to a year and a half to catch up to it in sales. since it was released that far after. The PS3 is already outselling it, without this difference in release dates, even the bots wouldn't be blind to this fact. Heck at release 360 was 8 million ahead, not it's just over 3 million... yikes.

[DigitalRaptor]

Proof there that PS3 is selling better than Xbox 360 and always has done:

even with Microsoft counting shipped units and Sony counting sold,

and even factoring in the sheer number of re-purchases that the Xbox 360 fanbase have contributed to.

[siyrobbo]

360 seems to be selling like hotcakes (apart from in japan)

My local asda superstore is completely sold out of all units, and my local tesco's havent got any either

[theafroman]

actually the gap keeps decreasing they use to lead worldwide by 5 mill last year now its 3.6 mill

[silvacrest]

even you must realize sony wanted to push new expensive tech onto the PS3, they could have used a DVD drive, they didn't have to make a hard drive standard but they did at their own expense to further push what their console can do and i for one am greatful for their efforts

if you refuse to take the more then 1 year head start into account consider the above

[gamingdroid]

That is surprisingly good numbers especially as Xbox 360 doubled Wii's number and beat DS by 10% (40k+) units in one of the years slowest months.

PS3 didn't do too bad, almost matched Wii's number and a significant increase from last year.

[niceguywii60]

I bet 360 sales will get close to a million a month this holiday(700,000-800,000)just in NA.

[KratosGod3]

Omega4
I think u are the son of Bill Gates!!!
yes u are. I'm sure about it.

[Jaces]

U.S. Go figure, what about worldwide though? That I'm curious.

[Focker-420]

First off sales dont matter. Even if they did WORLDWIDE sales would be the important ones.

[RememberThe357]

443k for a 360 is amazing. It's only July they're talking about and there was no software to push the console. The 360 is going to do well in the US this year with Kinect, us Americans are suckers for over priced crap. I gotta hand it to them though, they seem to be advertising to the right demographic. I just saw a Macy's ad featuring Kinect and it was so bad you know people are gonna buy it.

[Cevapi88]

wait wait...you guys are saying nothing huge happened in july....E3 wasnt huge in june?...the announcement of the 360S wasnt huge for MS...the numbers are good, but saying nothing happened in that month is wrong IMO

[deadreckoning666]

If thats the case, then why doesn't Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft give us free consoles as gratitude for buying their products for the past two decades?

Btw, those 360 numbers are IMPRESSIVE...especially considering that nothing huge happened as far as the 360 was concerned.

"FUCK! This pisses me off so much. Microsoft doesn't deserve any of this! Sony is entitled to all the glories and laurels of the hard battles it has fought."

...............

[big_silky]

Yes and no. A console doing well worldwide helps the company, not me. Great numbers in Zimbabwe doesn't help me when it comes to which games and developers support the console in my home country.

[Imperator]

There's no denying that the 360 did well, but that was expected. NA is it's strongest area, and it just had a recent remodel. Expect August results to be the same since the 4GB Arcade just launched.

[big_silky]

Almost half a million? No matter how you slice it that's pretty impressive. I honestly didn't think it would have that kind of impact and this doesn't even include the new arcade yet.

Good numbers for PS3, they got a nice solid boost.

I don't own a wii so I haven't been following their numbers enough to tell how it's doing.

All companies should feel confident, they'll all be going into the holidays with a significantly increased user base.

[Ivan Drago IV]

You 360 fanboys blow your load, any gain the 360 has in the us is completely wiped out by japan where the ps3 outsells the 360 by 125,000 a month

[JOLLY1]

215,000 (this months numbers) plus 125,000 still only equals 340,000....that's just math.

@ below...I don't have to it's right

[PandemicPrawn0]

I was repying to Mr Drago's post.

Jolly, your numbers ar spot on, going with the numbers he has quoted.

[PandemicPrawn0]

Try reading the numbers in the article and re-do your math.

[maniacmayhem]

Japan is not the world...

I love when the fanboys say that!

By the way why would it matter that the 360 doesn't do well in Japan? USA is the number one consumer nation in the world. But i bet a commie like you wouldn't understand that even though i thought Rocky taught you this at the end of your match!

USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA

GO TEAM AMERICA!

[Chris399]

But on account of communism their trade is restricted.

The rest of your comment is just insulting to anyone with intelligence (including sensible Americans).

Edit: Disagreeing doesn't change the facts.

[Focker-420]

Can you imagine if game consoles weren't banned in China?!

Dear god!!!

[Obama]

Japan? Commie? A person who can't differentiate between Japan and China shouldn't be taken seriously.

[maniacmayhem]

@ Chris399
Which makes USA the number one because of the restriction. YES! I WIN!

(By the way these are jokes. Please remove stick from ass and laugh with me.)

@ Obama
I was speaking to Drago, you know the russian fighter from Rocky 4. You're our president and you didn't pick up on who the comment was directed at?

TEAM AMERICA IS DOOMED!

[badkolo]

bla bla bla, 90% of this site expected the 360 to die and go away and thats never gonna happen.

[November 9 2004]

you mad,360 crushed ps3 with over 200,000 also getting crushed in europe.

[Zir0]

You would have thought without the shortages the PS3 would have increased, but it actually decreased.

Sony will likely have to cut the price again to keep up.

[ActionBastard]

Didn't we know this in...July?

[blade206]

wow the u.s but what about worldwide

[siyrobbo]

selling like hotcakes in the uk, japans slightly better than it has been but not by very much at all

wonder what its going to be like at christmas

[Suicidekingz]

I just read Ghost's post... and I just finally stopped laughing. I'm hoping he's just using sarcasm. If not... well I didn't know people were so... passionate.
My apologies, sir.

[Spawn-KING]

most of them are on their 3rd and 4th 360 because of issues .
Lame & sad US.

[November 9 2004]

issues that got fixed years ago with the jasper. also ps2 dre doesn't count sales too by that logic. you brought old news that doesn't exist anymore.stop being bitter.

[BullCrap]

Hmm wonder how many of those are from people that owned a xbox360 already and it died, bought a new one sence E3.

[PandemicPrawn0]

Probably about the same amount of PS3 owners that went out and did the same thing.

Just a guess

[silvacrest]

i no enough people who have working 360's but will happily buy this because its new and has a small chance of RDOD

also finally having built in wifi is nice

[SixZeroFour]

i have the wifi adaptor, but i still prefer to play wired...which one gives a better connection

[abi980]

With the most single, double and triple a games, the xbox 360 continues to roll over the competition. It's gonna get uglier when Halo: Reach, Kinect and Gears Of War 3 come out. aaand 360 still holds the advantage in third party multiplatform titles. If I want a console just to play its exclusives then I'd buy a Wii, but I want it all so I went with the 360, the PS3 is a half ass gaming console.

[xman06]

First-Gears of War 3 doesn't release until April of 2011(wished it was releasing this year).

Second-If the PS3 was a half ass gaming console it wouldn't have any third party support, 15+ 1st party studios, or sold millions across the world.

Third-If you wasn't acting like an ass like all other fan boys you'll realize that all 4 consoles(I include PC) have exclusives you can't play any-where else.

If you don't care for the games or the PS3, just say so.

[gamingisnotacrime]

i have enjoyed my PS3 to the max, this week i got Halo 3 ODST and the Gold Live memb (3 months for $10 deal)and in all honesty i dont see anything on PS3 that matches Halo's appeal. noob friendly, super fake, all that blah blah blah, but is MAD FUN!!!
Halo Reach is the game to get this september, and is easy to see how the 360 can get some spikes with the whole halo reach incoming bonanza

[xman06]

+Bubble

I for one don't like the Halo series. My favorite FPS is MAG. Just like you this is a game not on the 360 but people bash the crap out of it, but to each their own.

[bartender64]

You got my respect sir

[VideoGameJimmy]

But the only thing 360 will get from Reach sales is a software spike. Xbox games aren't system sellers. Halo: Reach isn't going to move consoles with large numbers. Fact is if they love Halo you already own a 360.

You thought Halo 3: ODST was fun?! That one is the worse one in the series or do you play on the multiplayer disc?

[silvacrest]

some of the comments are so pathetic "looks above"

i only hope they are coming from some sad kid and not a grown man

[badkolo]

there goes some fanboys summer and fall, microsoft ruined many peoples day today.

[bustamove]

I'm still playing games on my PS3. I'm perfectly fine. I don't play sales data. I actually play games.

[Counter Strike]

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[Big Bot]

“worldwide sales of the PS3 now stands at 38.1 million units”

The amusing part is that they lost money on every single one sold.

[bustamove]

Do you play games or sales? Answer that question, or are you going to run and slam disagrees with all five of your accounts? Seems that whenever someone brings a legitimate argument and breaks your little heart, you fanboys go into a tantrum with waves of multiple accounts.

LOL.

Why should I care what place Sony is in? Does it stop games from coming? Does it stop me from being a gamer and enjoying exclusives and multi-platform games? Does it stop Sony from doing a complete 720 and doing things right? Back then, I remembered the same old nonsense-the PS3 has no games! It's a bluray player?

I find it to be REMARKABLE that a console that was seemingly 'doomed' from the start managed to sell 38.1 million consoles.

You 360 fanboys are no better than the PS3 fanboys you constantly cry about.

While you pat yourselves on the back over sales, let me remind you that software sales for the 360 are down 8%.

EDIT: LOL, Sony is in the black now. They took a gamble and it paid off. Can't say the same about the 360. It took Microsoft a redesign just to get it right.

[ForROME]

Its all about christmas, we will see after x mas you talley up and do the vs and xbox wins, then it wins the year if ps3 wins in totals then it wins the year

[Henry Cain]

Well lets be real yes the 360 is doing great in the US, but as far as sales go the PS3 is still ahead in sales this year.

[danthebios]

Ps3=Quality,future tech(blu ray),High quality games
Xbox 360 slim=Cheap,Backwards tech(dvd),Normal games
Pure simple.

[likedamaster]

Typical for PS3 fangirls to scream WORLDWIDE after a 360 massacre. They could never acknowledge... Personally, I didn't think it was possible to surpass the DS.

[VideoGameJimmy]

The PlayStation 3 will catch up to the 360 by Christmas. It may not surpass it but it might be a tie between the two. Gran Turismo 5 will sell PS3's and if LittleBigPlanet 2 gets the right marketing push it could also sell systems.